《A Beautiful Mind》　美丽心灵　有爱就没有不幸

No.078　《A Beautiful Mind》　美丽心灵　有爱就没有不幸

英文导读

A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics. The film was directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay written by Akiva Goldsman. It was inspired by a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-nominated 1998 book of the same name by Sylvia Nasar. The film stars Russell Crowe, along with Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany and Christopher Plummer in supporting roles.

The true story of prominent mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. is the subject of this biographical drama from director Ron Howard. Russell Crowe stars as the brilliant but arrogant and conceited professor Nash. The prof seems guaranteed a rosy future in the early'50s after he marries beautiful student Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) and makes a remarkable advancement in the foundations of "game theory," which carries him to the brink of international acclaim. Soon after, John is visited by Agent William Parcher (Ed Harris), from the CIA, who wants to recruit him for code-breaking activities. But evidence suggests that Nash's perceptions of reality are cloudy at best; he is struggling to maintain his tenuous hold on sanity, and Alicia suspects a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. Battling decades of illness with the loyal Alicia by his side, Nash is ultimately able to gain some control over his mental state, and eventually goes on to triumphantly win the Nobel Prize.

A Beautiful Mind received a limited release on December 21, 2001, receiving positive reviews. It was later released in the United States on January 4, 2002. Rotten Tomatoes showed a 78% approval rating among critics with a movie consensus stating: "The well-acted A Beautiful Mind is both a moving love story and a revealing look at mental illness." Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four-out-of-four stars. Mike Clark of USA Today gave three-and-a-half-out-offour stars and also praised Crowe's performance and referred to as a welcomed follow up to Howard's previous film The Grinch.

The film opened in the United States cinemas on December 21, 2001. It went to gross over $313 million worldwide.

In 2002, the film was awarded four Academy Awards, for Best Adapted Screenplay (Akiva Goldsman), Best Picture (Brian Grazer and Ron Howard), Best Director (Ron Howard) and Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Connelly). It also received four other nominations for Best Actor (Russell Crowe), Best Film Editing (Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley), Best Makeup (Greg Cannom and Colleen Callaghan), and Best Original Score (James Horner). At the 55th British Academy Film Awards the film won Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role to Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly, respectively. It also nominated the film for Best Film, Best Screenplay and the David Lean Award for Direction.

获奖情况

2002年第74届奥斯卡：最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳女配角、最佳改编剧本奖，并荣获最佳男主角提名、最佳原创配乐提名等。

影片信息

导演：朗·霍华德

编剧：阿齐瓦·高斯曼、西尔维娅·纳萨尔

主演：罗素·克劳、詹妮弗·康纳利、艾德·哈里斯、克里斯托弗·普卢默

类型：剧情、传记

制片国家（地区）：美国

上映日期：2001-12-21（美国）

片长：135分钟

又名：《美丽境界》《有你终生美丽》

剧情简介

影片讲述的是关于20世纪伟大数学家小约翰·福布斯·纳什的人物传记片。

小约翰·福布斯·纳什（罗素·克劳饰）在学校读研究生时，便发表了著名的博弈理论，这个理论虽然只有26页，但是却对经济、军事等领域产生了深远的影响。

但是，就在小约翰·福布斯·纳什蜚声国际时，他出众的直觉，因为精神分裂症受到了严重的困扰，不过，这些并没有阻止他放慢向学术最高层进军的步伐。在他的妻子艾丽西亚的不断鼓励和帮助下，走得虽然艰缓，却始终没有停步。而最终，凭借十几年的不懈努力和顽强意志，最终如愿以偿。

制作花絮

影片中诺贝尔颁奖典礼是在新泽西表演艺术中心的礼堂内拍摄的。为了这一个场景，摄制组光是在布景和化妆等方面就花了超过8个小时的时间。然而，随后大厅里的场景又是在别的场地拍摄完成的。

汤姆·克鲁斯曾经是纳什的角色人选。

片尾快要结束的时候，约翰·纳什盯着自己喝的茶发呆，这一结尾来源于一次真实事件。就在罗素·克劳会见真实的约翰·纳什时，他花了15分钟的时间沉思，来决定是喝茶还是喝咖啡。

电影中罗素·克劳和詹妮弗·康纳利之间有一场爱情戏被剪掉了。

重点学习

Nash is ultimately able to gain some control over his mental state

文中的control作为名词使用时，是“控制，管理”的意思，over作为介词，是“对…起支配作用”的意思，所以control over在此是“控制；支配；征服”的意思，常用于美语中，比如：The owner of the property has the most comprehensive and the most important control over the objects.（所有权是所有权人对物品的最为全面和最重要的支配权。）

Referred to as a welcomed follow up to Howard's previous film The Grinch

文中的refer to as是“把…称作…；被称为”的意思，比如：We are entering what some in the technology industry refer to as a post-PC era.（我们正在进入一个被某些技术企业称为后电脑时代的年代。）

单词时间

economics[ˌi:kəˈnɔmiks] n. 经济学；国家的经济状况

mathematician[ˌmæθəməˈtiʃən] n. 数学家

conceited[kənˈsi:tid] adj. 自负的；狂想的；逞能的

arrogant[ˈærəɡənt] adj. 自大的，傲慢的

rosy[ˈrəuzi] adj. 蔷薇色的，玫瑰红色的；美好的；乐观的；涨红脸的

advancement[ədˈvɑ:nsmənt] n. 前进，进步；提升

recruit[riˈkru:t] vt. 补充；聘用；征募；使…恢复健康

perception[pəˈsepʃən] n. 知觉；感觉；看法；洞察力

tenuous[ˈtenjuəs] adj. 纤细的；稀薄的；贫乏的

sanity[ˈsænəti] n. 明智；头脑清楚；精神健全；通情达理

diagnosis[ˌdaiəɡˈnəusis] n. 诊断

triumphantly[traiˈʌmfəntli] adv.成功地；耀武扬威地